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and arrow, the other holding an axe.; fig 82, ''from a photograph.''
19. Proof, black and white photographic image showing three
long-haired Veddah men wearing only loin-cloths standing facing
the camera against a background of trees and vines; two bearded,
one holding a spear and one a staff, the other, beardless, carrying a
club which rests against his chest and shoulder; fig. 83, ''from a
photograph.''
20 Proof, black and white photographic image showing a Veddah
man with short dark beard and moustache, wearing only a loincloth
and holding a bow and arrow across his body; standing in
front of a cracked clay wall and facing the camera; fig. 84, ''from
a photograph.''
21 Proof, black and white photographic image showing head and
naked upper torso of an Australian native man of the Arunta tribe,
bearded, with cicatrised chest, wearing rope bracelets on upper
arms, facing camera; fig. 85, attributed Professor Spencer.
22. Proof, black and white photographic image showing two old
bearded Australian native men seated on the ground in front of a
tree stump with multiple trunks and grass matting shade platform,
displaying a collection of Churingas (''bull roarers''); fig. 86,
attributed Professor Spencer.
23. Proof, duplicate of item 22 above; annotations include ''Men
making 'Troras''' (''Men ... 'Troras' '' crossed through) and
''churinga, sacred implements or bull- roarers''.
24. Proof, black and white photographic image showing head and
naked upper torso of a young Australian native man of Northern
Australia with short beard and head-dress of white feathers or
leaves, cicatrised chest, wearing bracelets on upper arms; fig. 87,
attributed Admiral Maclear.
25. Proof, black and white photographic image showing head and
naked upper torso of a young Australian native woman of the
Arunta tribe with cicatrised stomach, wearing a three-stranded
headband, facing camera, carrying a young child on her shoulders;
fig. 88, attributed Professor Spencer.
26. Proof, black and white photographic image showing head and
naked upper torso of a young Australian native woman of the
Arunta tribe, in profile looking to the viewer's right; fig. 89,
attributed Professor Spencer.
27. Cover made from pages of a lined notebook, labelled in pencil
in Alfred Russel Wallace's? WGW's? hand ''Duplicates |
Illustrations for Origin of Australians'' with ''Illustrations . . .
Australians'' crossed through; found in original box 2 with some
other proof illustrations from ''Studies Scientific and Social'' but
empty when found.
Name: Spencer, Sir Walter Baldwin, Knight, 1860-1929
Maclear, John Fiot Lee Pearse, 1838-1907
Hitchcock, R, fl 1890s?
Place: Australia Japan
Notes: 'Affinities and Origin of the Australian and Polynesian
Races' was first published in ''Australasia'' in ''Stanford's
Compendium of Geography and Travel'' (London 1879, with
subsequent editions up to 1893) -see Smith S720.
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